So I'm sitting in a cafe with rivers_bend, and we got a perfect table, in a corner near a window and right by an electrical outlet. And we're just happily doing our thing, when a guy comes and sits at the table next to us. Fine.

And then this guy proceeds to make A DISGUSTING SNORTING, SNARFING NOISE every three seconds. You know that noise you make when you have a ton of snot in your nose but no tissue? So you kind of suck it back into your sinuses and throat? THAT. And OMG I CANNOT CONCENTRATE.

River and I keep shooting incredulous looks at each other and sneaking horrified glances at him, but it DOES NOT STOP. :O I think my shoulders are somewhere up near my ears by now.

Haha...oh I feel for you both. When I took my SATs I had a guy like that behind me for about five hours. Shudder very visibly and show your utter disgust when he does it or glare really hard. It worked for me.

UGH. This happened to me the last time I was studying in a coffee shop. And the guy did it just irregularly enough that I couldn't block it out. This circle developed around him as people moved farther and farther away to try and avoid him. Boo! :/

Haha, I can totally picture a widening circle. Unfortunately, the place where we were was completely packed (free wifi, near a college campus) so there were literally NO other tables in the whole place. And we looked. Good god, did we look.